I guess the last chapter sucked. I hope this one makes up for it. Anyway, thank you everyone that have reviewed my story!

Disclaimer-Don't own.

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Naruto stared down at his test after hearing instructions on the test. He began sweating and Ibiki's word's rang in his ears 'For every question you get wrong, 2 points are deducted. Miss every question and your whole team fails.' Naruto began rubbing his head furiously, 'Oh man, oh man, oh man! I'll never pass... Sasuke will never forgive me! I'll let down all my teammates! I'll never be Hokage if I can't even pass a test! Aaah!' Naruto rested his forehead on the desk, "Ugh..."

Sakura looked over at Naruto , wishing he'd stop moving and making so much noise. She cursed her luck for drawing the number to sit next to him. She elbowed him gently in his side and narrowed her eyes at him. The blonde looked up and stared at her then smiled, "Hi." Sakura sighed and shook her head then continued writing down answers. Naruto looked back at his own test and thought back to his academy days for some help. Nothing. He thought harder. He could hear Iruka-sensei's voice lecturing him but nothing that would help him out with the test. Naruto closed his eyes tight and tried to tap into some kind of hidden knowledge that resided in his subconscious. Nothing. 'Gaaah! I'll never pass!'

Meanwhile, Hinata was doing well on her test. She was three rows behind Naruto and could see that he couldn't answer any of them. Hinata used her Byakugen and could see that nothing was answered on his test. She bit her lower lip and started to think deeply on ways she could help out her teammate. It had been twenty minutes since the test began and she was nearly done. She deactivated her Byakugen and rubbed around her eyes gently with her fingers. She began reviewing plans to help Naruto but all of them ended with her getting caught and them both losing points. She sighed and muttered his name softly, wishing she could help him.

Kanami had finished her test by copying the movements of someone that had seemed to know all the answers and finished quick enough. She now watched her Naruto-kun struggle through the test and still not get a single answer. She, too, wanted to help him. She couldn't figure out a way so far but didn't stop playing possibilities in her head. She twirled her pencil in her hand and glanced down at her brother to her right. He seemed to have used the Sharingan, too. She looked at Hinata and tapped her pencil slowly against the desk and stared at the back of her female teammates head. 'She's staring right at Naruto-kun... Although I've been open about my feelings for Naruto-kun for a long time now... What does he think of me? It's never really been official that we were together... Could Hinata actually be a threat to me and him being together?' She bit her lower lip then shook her head, trying to refocus on the exams. She glanced at the clock, 15 minutes left.

Sasuke smiled to himself, thinking of how easy he had figured the exam out. He was planning ahead, wondering what the next exam would bring. He thought of possibilities and what he had overheard from other Genin that had taken the exam before. 'Hmm... Survival? Elimination by fighting? Probably survival with a team. They'll need to narrow down the numbers by the looks of the amount of shinobi thee are here.' Sasuke scratched his forehead and looked at the clock, 10 minutes before the 10th question.

Naruto glared at his paper, trying to scare it into sweating out the answers. He felt really stupid after he did this and rested his head on the sheet of paper. 'How would I be able to see the answers if it did that? It'd be all smeary...' Naruto looked over at Sakura and his eyes widened. 'Did she pass out?' He screamed in his head, panicking. He was relieved when she sat up, seemingly okay. He was unnerved, however, when he saw the un-Sakura-like smirk on her face. He got creeped out as she began scanning her test as if she was looking for the slightest sign of a bug. He just turned his head and tried to forget.

Ibiki looked around. The room was starting to clear. 5 minutes left until he would give the 10th question and some were getting desperate and reckless. They were cheating horribly. One Genin had actually been a fool enough to try and slide the fully answered test away from the person next to him. Ibiki slapped his forehead and Narrowed his eyes at a blonde boy that seemed to be getting really nervous. He took a step towards the Genin and examined the rows of them. A quarter of them were cleared out for being reckless when cheating. He saw someone peeking over a pink haired rookie's shoulder, looking at her answers. Ibiki smiled, knowing this had been the fifth time he cheated. He threw a kunai into the Genin's paper and pointed at the door, "Out" The Genin made an outburst, complaining and wanting proof. In an instant, he was flat on the wall across the room, a Chuunin standing on the place in front of where the cheater was before, "We are the Elite of the Chuunins and we miss nothing. So you can say that our word out rules yours so get out." After the situation the Genin's team picked him up and dragged him out. The other Genin were watching silently. Ibiki looked back at the nervous blonde, 'He'll probably fail...'

"Okay! Listen well! The tenth question is here and it's time to tell you the rules! They are simple enough." Ibiki looked up and saw a sad ninja coming back from the bathroom. "Finally. I hope your doll playing was helpful! Now sit down!" Ibiki examined the ninja as he walked to his seat and saw him drop something onto one of his teammates desk. "Anyway, time to get down to business. You will accept the question or reject it. If you accept and get it wrong, you will never be able to take the test again and remain a Genin forever. Refuse and we will allow you to walk away and prepare for the next time. Any rejections, just raise your hand and we'll write down your number and you and your team will leave."

The Genin were all complaining about the other nine questions and getting really nervous. The Genin were now dispersing quickly. The crowd was thinning and the blonde was getting more nervous.

Naruto stared at his hands and his mind was all over the place. He glanced at Sakura who had a confident smirk then he stared forward at Ibiki. His hand was shaking and he started to raise his hand, finally deciding on what he should do. The blonde boy stood up and Sakura stared at him, amazed the stubborn boy was giving up. "I... I do not give up and I will not run away! You don't scare me! I'll get this question right then go on to be a Chuunin! I'll become Hokage no matter what, even if I do get this question wrong I'll fins away! I will not go back on my word and that is my shinobi way! I'll get your dumb question right!" He shouted, pointing at the examiner.

"Naruto-kun..." Hinata muttered softly, staring at her crush admirably.

Sasuke smirked, expecting nothing less of his loud teammate.

Kanami smiled and knew Naruto could get through anything if he tried.

Ibiki looked around at the room and saw that the tension had lifted after the boy's words. He smiled, "You all pass."

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"Hokage-sama! We have just found a small group of Sound Ninja patrolling around the village using Genjutsu and skilled movements to keep from being seen or detected. A group of Hyuugas spotted them slipping into Konoha and have been following them. We are not sure if this is a major threat and we have not stopped them, however, we have ANBU tracking them stealthily, watching their movements, watching for their intentions. They were headed to the Forest of Death. Should we cancel the Chuunin exams?" A masked shinobi quickly said, as if he had practiced what to say on the way there.

"Hmm... No. Let the ANBU track them and find out their mission if possible. If they do anything suspicious, they are to be arrested and held prisoner, heavily guarded. The village is to be guarded even more. Do not let these changes be apparent." The Sandaime said with a sigh.

"Yes, Hokage-Sama!" And with that, the ninja disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The old Hokage leaned back in his chair and took a puff from his pipe. "When did being Hokage become so troublesome..."

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The Genin now gathered around outside bye a training area, led there by the next examiner after all their questions and confusement were resolved. Mitarashi Anko, the examiner, now addressed the large group of Genin. "Welcome, everyone, to the training arena 44, also known as 'The Forest of Death'. This is where the nest exam will take place. You'll soon find out why it's called the Forest of Death-" The examiner stopped when she saw a boy mocking her words and making stupid movements. This annoyed her. She pulled out a kunai and threw it.

"Hey, Naruto!" A certain lazy boy called out as Anko grabbed the kunai.

"Yea, Shi-"The blonde turned his head and the rest of his sentence was muffled out by a kunai caught between his teeth. "Bleh... What the?" Naruto yelled out, spitting the kunai in his hand. He looked at a confused Anko. "Jeez kid... You must have a lot of dumb luck..." Naruto smiled and looted her kunai into his holster. Her eye twitched, "Weren't you ever taught courtesy or manners?" The examiner yelled out, not knowing why this kid annoyed her so much. Everyone was staring at them, amused. Naruto tilted his head, "Is courtesy a word?" The examiner felt the urge to smack him or throw another kunai but resisted. "Aaaaanyway... We will be doing the Chuunin Exams differently this time because of the team placements of the rookies from Konoha. It was going to be a team survival, now it is a 1 man survival. It is important to be able to survive with a squad as a Chuunin but also it is very important to not be dependant. Each person will sign a form saying we are not responsible for any deaths, injuries, insanity... etc. Anyway, let me explain some things." The examiner then unrolled a scroll and showed everyone a map "There is the forest, river, and temple in the middle, 10km away from any entrance. There are 44 entrances to the forest so everyone will enter as a team then split up. It will be wise to not be a team because if a team is spotted it will be more easily targeted. There will be an all out war in this forest and you must get have 2 different scrolls to get into the temple." She then held up 2 scrolls, "Heaven and Earth. If you have Heaven you need Earth. If you have Earth you need Heaven. You will each be given different scrolls at that booth," She pointed at a booth that was for concealing whoever goes in. "You will be out there for five days and you must not look in the scroll... f you do, there will be a little surprise... As a Chuunin you will be asked to transport secret and important documents. This is to test your trustworthiness. Now you will be called one by one to the booth for your scroll. Now sign the forms and give them to the people at the booth when you get your scroll."

The Genin were all arguing about the terms and how they were to only be doing this without teams. Soon everyone was being called one by one and the crowd was dispersing. Team 3 was in a circle, talking about the exam. "Don't worry, we'll all pass! Let's make a promise now to do our best and meet up at the middle!" Naruto chimed, excited about the exam. Hinata looked at the ground nervously, "N-Naruto-kun... This sounds dangerous... Do you think we can all pull through?" "Don't worry, Hinata-chan, we've all gotten stronger! Your eye thingy should be perfect for this, right?" The young Hyuuga Heiress was slightly flushed in the face from being addressed as Hinata-chan by Naruto, she nodded. Kanami smiled, "Hey, bro, don't get into too much trouble, don't wanna be saved by you're older sis huh? Embarrassing probably, right?" Sasuke 'hn'ed and looked away. Naruto smiled and heard Hinata being called to the booth. She nervously walked away with her signed form. Naruto scratched his head and stared around at everyone talking or bragging. Hinata came back, her scroll hidden somewhere. She smiled softly and her teammates then looked at the ground in front of her feet, then did something she hadn't done in a while. She poked her fingers together and thought about what she would do to get the other scroll.

Later on the Uchihas were called then Naruto. Naruto got a Earth scroll and hid it under his jacket in a secret pocket. After everyone was called the teams walked to their respective gates. Team 3 stood at gate 12. They heard Anko scream out for everyone to begin and they launched themselves into the forest, staying together. "I-I was thinking w-we should stay together..." Hinata muttered softly. Sasuke shook his head slowly, "It would be safer but we would get targeted more easily and it would take too long to get so many scrolls..." "Okay, we'll split up."Naruto said as the team stopped on a large branch. Naruto looked at his team and smiled, "Let's make a promise, though. If we see each other in danger we will help out if it gets too hard. We should also promise to make it to the temple before the time limit runs out." The team nodded. "Good luck." The team said in unison and they each split away from the spot.

Naruto hopped with great speed towards the direction he assumed was to the middle. He jumped higher and higher until he was on top of a very tall tree. He looked around and could see little blurs or flashes of movement. It was time for him to unleash his plan. He formed a seal and grinned. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu..." He muttered, making 10 clones. He then used henge and they all turned into different animals and spread out. I'll scout the area using this jutsu." He then transformed into a squirrel. He hopped through the trees and ran along the ground for a couple of hours. He heard an occasional scream or some movement. His clones had spread out pretty far and had spotted ninja fighting. He hit gold when three of his clones found a lone ninja simply walking towards the middle. Naruto and his clones had al gathered around the ninja. He had a huge gourd on his back and reddish brown hair. It was the sand ninja that Temari had walked away with. Naruto had a bad feeling about him so he stealthily got away with his clones to scout elsewhere.

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Hinata had been using her Byakugen for a while now, staying away from danger and looking for the scroll she needed. She had Heaven and needed Earth. She concentrated and scanned further ahead of her. It was starting to get dark and she needed to find a safe place to rest. She pulled a scroll out of her jacket and opened it. She summoned the contents from it, a ba of supplies she had sealed earlier that day. She stored the scroll in the bag and started pulling out steel wire and transparent wire. She also pulled out other things and began setting complex traps around the area.

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Kanami was in an intense battle with Sound ninja. She was taking on a three man team. Her Sharingan was activated and was being used intensely. Kanami was avoiding their sound attacks and was unleashing her chakra strictly for the Sharingan and her limbs for faster and easier movements. Her swift moves and Sharingan were a good combo. She was able to predict their moves perfectly but the Chakra was tricky to avoid. She was able to take out the girl easily but she got the wrong scroll. She needed a Earth and the girl had a Heaven but she took it anyway. She was then able to work her way around the guy in bandages and performed swift and precise attacks on his neck and back. He was down. She got his earth scroll. She turned on the last remaining ninja with a menacing smirk, Sharingan blazing. The Sound nin backed away slowly as Kanami began forming a series of seals. "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" She yelled as she blew many powerful but small fireballs at the ninja, who blasted them away using his technique. While he was distracted she pushed her chakra straight to her legs and used immense speed to get behind the ninja. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" She yelled after she finished the seals, the ninja was engulfed in a huge ball of flame. His scroll rolled away from him, still slightly on fire but the flame was quickly dying. She walked away towards the temple and deactivated her Sharingan. 'If I hadn't used traps to knock them off guard then ambush them that would have been a challenge...' She thought and hopped into a tree.

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Sasuke had already defeated a grass ninja and got the wrong scroll, Earth. He sighed and stored the scroll in his pouch just in case his teammates needed it. He needed a Heaven scroll so he kept on searching, trying to ambush others. He later found a slightly burned heaven scroll by three dead ninjas. He examined the ninjas briefly thinking it might be a trap but shrugged as he picked it up, not noticing someone smiling in the distance.

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Naruto and his group of animal-clones still hopped through the forest while it was dark. They were planning on a surprise attack on the next ninja they saw. Naruto smirked when he could see the form of someone curled up under a partially hollowed out tree. It was too dark for Naruto to see whether the ninja was female or male or what village the shinobi was from. Naruto had decided he'd pull a surprise attack with all his clones at once. They all surrounded the area. They each became normal again then dove, "CHAAAAAARGE!" In an instant the area was covered in smoke and he could hear yells of his clones then he could hear them puffing away. He couldn't see anything and he fell to the ground, a kunai lodged in his right shoulder. His back hurt and before he could get up he was swung into the air by a transparent net and kunai and shuriken pinned him to a tree. Naruto couldn't believe he hadn't thought of checking for traps. The smoke cleared and the ninja stood 10 feet below him, looking up. The moonlight cast enough light to reveal each other to the other.

"Hinata-chan?" "Naruto-kun?" They boy said simultaneously. "I-I-I'm s-so sorry, Naruto-kun!" Hinata squeaked, walking up the tree to Naruto. Naruto winced as he remembered the pain in his shoulder. Hinata looked at his wound and frowned deeply, "I'm so sorry, Naruto-kun..." She said in barely a whisper. She began pulling out the kunai that was holding him to the tree. He hopped from the tree and landed roughly on the ground and rolled onto his back. He grabbed the handle of the kunai and winced. He closed his eyes tight. A nasty sound filled Hinata's ears as her teammate pulled out the bloody Kunai. It had almost went through to the other side and made it hard for him to use his right arm at all. He cringed and tightly grasped his shoulder with his left hand. Hinata kept muttering apologies and slumped to the ground next to him.

"It's okay... Do you have anything to ease the pain or help to heal?" Naruto mumbled, his left hand covered in his own blood. "We have to stop the bleeding first..." Hinata muttered and poured cool water on a towel she pulled out of her bag. She laid the towel on his shoulder after moving his hand out of the way. "This will hurt..." She barely whispered before putting great pressure on the wound. Naruto clenched is eyes shut and winced.

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"Anko-san, the Genin have started arriving." A Chuunin said to the examiner who was sitting in a room higher up in the tower. "Already?" "Yes" "It hasn't even been a day yet." "5 Genin made it here so far. The first was a sand ninja named Gaara. Second was Inuzuka Kiba. Third was Aburame Shino. Fourth was Hyuuga Neji. Fifth was Nara Shikimaru." "Hm... Interesting."

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Naruto was in the bottom of the hollowed tree with Hinata. His arm was in a make-shift sling and his shoulder was dressed in bandages on top of a healing slave that Hinata had used. Naruto stared forward to the outside. Hinata had her traps set up again and they were well hidden along with some false traps. It had began raining and they were both huddled together across from the entrance under the enormous tree. Hinata was sitting on Naruto's left with her knees pulled to her chest, face flushed. They were both comfortable, both leaning on the other and their backs against the tree. Hinata had a warm feeling all over her body even though the rain was making the night get cooler. She glanced at Naruto and smiled softly, "H-How do you think th-the others a-are doing, Naruto-kun?" He looked at her and gave a wide grin, "Knowing Sasuke and Kanami-chan... They might already be there by now!" Hinata smiled and nodded then looked out at the rain, glad she could be so close to Naruto in this forest instead of being alone. With him, she had a feeling that she was safer.

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Sasuke hurriedly hopped through the trees at top speed. Kunai and shuriken sliced through the air and came from behind the raven haired boy. He jumped over them and decided it would be best not to go in a straight line. The boy frantically flung himself from the tree he was in as a kunai landed then exploded, the force sending Sasuke hurling into a tree. The young boy fell to a branch then slid off and fell to the ground. He clutched his side and forced himself back up. He was in a clearing and was soaked in rain. He was freezing but continued to run. The poor boy ran as fast as he could as kunai rained down on him. Nothing in his life scared him like this, he never had an opponent as skilled as this one was. He fell against a tree and stared up at the black sky, all senses on the edge. He activated the second level of the Sharingan to see movements easier and predict the movements to make an easier escape. It was a good thing he did that and he was able to escape again.

Sasuke couldn't help but feel like he was just being played with and not taken seriously.

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Kanami swiftly deflected 5 shuriken and activated her Sharingan. She saw her opponent. A man with long black hair and a snake-like face. 'Those...eyes...' She thought briefly before every nerve in her body felt like they burst into flames. Her vision became blurry and she couldn't see the man anymore. Her surroundings phased out into darkness. She stared down at the ground and saw a puddle of blood. She fell back, feeling like death would never come and she'd be in pain for eternity. She gasped as pain racked her insides and she spit out blood. Long, deep, gashes formed on her body in different places. Her arm painfully detached and blood spurted from the socket. She cried out in pain and bit her lower lip, tears of pain and fear rolled down her cheeks.

After what seemed like hours of torment the girl finally saw her surroundings again and the pain stopped. She looked up at the man who was smiling menacingly with a slight look of surprise. "So... You're not insane even after that? That Genjutsu has driven even the strongest of shinobi to beg for mercy... Interesting. Kukuku..." The man knelt down beside the frightened girl and licked his lips. "Yes... You have the Sharingan... Your potential is great... Even greater than my last apprentice. Kukuku..." he said as he lowered his head. The frightened Uchiha girl's eyes widened and she acted on instinct. She threw herself back and thrusted herself up, kneeing the man in his chin. She quickly turned in mid air and slammed the back of her heel into the back of his head. She pulled out a kunai and thrusted it into the man's back and quickly jumped high into the air. She deactivated her Sharingan because her chakra was dangerously low. She wasn't far from the tower and sprinted at full speed.

'I-It w-was him! Father... You told me about the 3 legendary ninja! You told me of the traitor... I remember now! Oh no! If I don't get away, I'll die!' she screamed in her mind, the tower in sight. She briefly looked behind her and saw the man with a maniacal grin on his face, standing on the head of an abnormally large snake. The snake was quickly catching up and Kanami was losing hope. Everything seemed to slow down now to Kanami. She made one last forceful hop and turned around while still in the air. She was holding two kunai in each hand now, all four of them with an explosive not on it. She threw the kunai simultaneously. Two kunai sank into each of the snake's eyes and it hissed with pain. It threw itself up and the snake-nin was thrown from his spot.

Kanami slammed into the dirt in front of the temple. She sighed in relief, the snake disappeared and she didn't see the ninja anywhere. Suddenly out of nowhere the man's head flew at her, his neck becoming longer. Her eyes widened as she felt pain on her neck as teeth sunk in. Then finally a burning sensation that made her break out in sweat. "You will be mine. Kukuku... You'll later realize the power I can give you and you will seek me out in search of it. Have fun until then, kukuku..." He hissed as his head snaked back to his body behind some bushes. Kanami clutched the left side of her neck in pain. She slowly stood up and stared at two doors with a seal on the middle . She slowly removed her hand from her neck and pulled open the double doors, ripping the seal. She walked in, soaked in rain the rain she had forgot was falling

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Sasuke had managed to gather the courage to stand up to his opponent. Unknowingly to him a certain admirer watched him in awe as he did so. He stood on the branch of a large tree with a confident smirk on his face. His opponent was now tangled in steel wire on a tree in flames. Sasuke had used a clever combination of the Sharingan windmill triple blade and one of his clan's fire style jutsus. Sakura was absolutely ecstatic after watching him. Sasuke saw a small bag fall to the ground and 3 scrolls rolled out. He smirked and jumped down and grabbed the bag and stored his own extra scroll in it along with the other three he just acquired.

"Sasuke-kun! You're amazing!" Sakura shrieked as she ran over to him and hugged him around his waist. He smiled to himself but quickly remembered his team, "Have you seen my sister, Naruto, or Hinata?" Sakura let go as he pulled away and turned to look at her. She shook her head and quickly remembered the chill and wetness. Then she suddenly snapped to attention as she remembered, "I saw Hinata a while ago with Naruto under a tree! She had accidentally wounded his shoulder and they found shelter under a tree!" Sasuke smiled, "Will you take me?" His smile warmed her insides and made her cheeks become a little warmer and she nodded, grabbing his hand before leading the way.

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Hinata and Naruto were still under the tree but both were asleep. Hinata was close at Naruto's side, her head resting on his shoulder. They were both warm and dry. Hinata was smiling in her sleep, her head nuzzled against Naruto's neck. Naruto's head was resting on Hinata's, both unconscious but both enjoying each other's warmth.

Sasuke had figured there were traps and cleverly planned out a way to get under the tree after careful observation around the area. Sasuke and Sakura crawled under the enormous tree then stood up, surprised at the large amount of space there was and how dry and warm it felt. They both saw the two teammates huddled together and smiled. There was a brief 'aww' from Sakura. Sasuke walked over to a spot a few feet away from his teammates and pulled out his own scroll. He summoned a pillow and clothes with a sleeping bag from it. Sakura gave him a weird look which earned a brief 'what' from the Uchiha boy. He motioned for her to turn around which she did, reluctantly, as he changed clothes and snuggled himself into the sleeping bag. Sasuke was fast asleep before Sakura turned around. Everyone was comfortable, dry, warm, and happily sleeping except her. This annoyed the pink haired girl but she shrugged it off. She kneeled in front of Naruto and Hinata and smiled a little, though a bit envious. She wished she could be in Hinata's place and Sasuke in Naruto's place. She sighed and moved to a place near Sasuke. Sasuke must not have been as asleep as the young girl had thought, "Sakura... there's no sense in you suffering all night. I have extra clothes and a towel in my bag..." Sakura looked up and slowly smiled"But where will I sleep?" She was hoping for a reply like 'Well... This is a big sleeping bag' or a simple 'With me' but all she heard was the boy crawling out of his sleeping bag then she saw him point at it. She nodded. She began undressing, forgetting about Sasuke, making the boy's face flush and he quickly turned around. After a few minutes the warmth on his face went away and Sakura was already asleep in the sleeping bag. Sasuke sighed and stared at Sakura, he was just too nice. He curled up on a spot between Sakura and his two sleeping teammates.

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18 Genin stood in front of their proud Jounin leaders. Only three shinobi were not from Konoha. 3 Sand ninjas, Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara. The rest were from Konoha. All the rookies made it along with 3 others, Lee, Neji, and Tenten.

Kanami had done her best for four days to conceal her pain and the mark, although her team had been suspicious. Sasuke had given Naruto and Hinata his extra scrolls and Sakura, too. They all came in on the second day.

"Welcome, everyone, you have all passed the second exam!" The Hokage greeted, pleased that most of the Genin that passed were from his village.

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I'll end it there and update as soon as I can! Sorry for taking so long but I was busy with the ending of school things and summer activities. Anyway... Gimme a review, they inspire me to update sooner! Thanks for reading! Oh and the other sound ninja had been killed battling the ANBU, holding them off so the other two could go on.